You Are Not Getting Backlinks From CommentLuv

Almost all of the bloggers that I know and interact with, use CommentLuv. Perhaps, CommentLuv is one of the most favorited plug-ins of all time, and its a very beneficial plug-in, both for commentators and blog owners. Perhaps the biggest and most important benefit of CL is that it enables you to build deeplinks to your posts.

When you leave a comment on a CommentLuv enabled blog, you have the option to choose one post from up to 10 or more of your latest posts (displayed by FeedBurner) on your blog to be displayed on the bottom of your comment as your last post. And that is where you get the deeplink benefit. By leaving comments on CommentLuv enabled blogs, you are automatically building backlinks to your pages, many of which are pages and posts that otherwise you wouldn’t have spend muh time on to build backlinks for.

However, you might not be getting the deeplink benefit form CommentLuv, if you are using feedburner to pull RSS feeds from your blog, which most of you are!… Why you ask?…

Ok, lets see if you are actually getting those baclklinks:

Find one of the comments you have made on any CommentLuv enabled blog or better yet, make a comment here. Now, hover around the link that shows your last post. Look at the bottom corner of your browser where it shows the URL of the link. If the URL shown is the actual URL of your post, then you are good to go and don’t need to read the rest of this post!

But, if the URL is something like this “http://feedproxy.google.com/……” , then you are missing on a lot of backlinks (By the way, I checked most of people who comment regularly on FBs and most of you are missing those precious backlinks. That’s why I wrote this post.)

How to get your backlinks back from FeedBurner

Its very simple actually. You can fix the problem in 3 easy steps:

Log on to your Feedburner account and click on the “Analyze” tab on the top left side of the menu

Click on “Configure Stats” tab on the bottom left side of the left sidebar.

Simply uncheck the “Item Link Clicks” box and click save.

Are your backlinks given back to you?… Not yet I am afraid! But you will get them back in a few hours. When you change the setting on your FeedBurner, it takes a few hours or so for the system to adjust. So, in a few hours, do the same test that I asked you to do earlier, now the URL shown should be the actual URL of your post. Now enjoy all of those great dofollow backlinks to your old posts and perhaps an increase in ranking for their targeted keywords as well!

By the way, the original idea for this post came from Joella at BlogsWithWings.com and her post titled Missing CommentLuv Backlinks?…. Thank you Joella.

Satrap is a personal finance blogger who writes at BlogStash, covering various ways of making money., saving and investing money, along with establishing and improving credit, small business tips and ideas and more. You can also find him on SurveySatrap.com, where he reviews various online surveys for money sites.

Thanks for this informative post. Do-follow backlinks are a really great way to increase your traffic. Another gold mine of traffic is posting on sites that list their (Top Commentors) in the sidebar. This is your opportunity to not only generate a backlink but also to get front page exposure. Some site typically take around 5-7 posts to make it to the top commentor list.Yours in Success…Crystal Watts recently posted..How to Use Twitter Search and Storify to Get More Engaged Followers

Definitely sending this link out to the Travel blogging community. I have just checked my comment luv links on a few sites and they are ok, but checked other bloggers and they are all pointed towards the feed proxy. Thanks for the head ups.Natalie recently posted..My Predictions – Turkey and the World of Travel in 2011

Rajan, its no magic, lol. Its just the way feedburnur settings are set up. It will work, though for some people, the past comments may not work, it would only apply to the comments made after the change.satrap recently posted..55 Get Paid To Write Websites

Hey Alison,
Thats weird, I never had any problem with CL. I think if you contact Andy and let hime know, he may fix the problem in the next update.satrap recently posted..10 Fun Ways to Make Money Online

Satrap, that was an extremely helpful article for me. I am launching a new WP site in a few weeks where I am planning to use CommentLuv. Your post gave me some very good information. I am going to pass this on. Thanks again

Yeah Rob, the banning thing happens to many people without them doing anything wrong. I had the same problem once. Its good to check your commentluv account once in a while to make sure everything is ok.satrap recently posted..53 Ways to Make Money Online

Thanks for letting us know about the plugin Karen, though I would much rather fix it manually instead of adding another plugin that may slow down the blog. Anyway, thanks.satrap recently posted..How to Make Money on CraigsList

Nicely Explained Satrap, I too came across this problem with feedburner and commentluv a few days back and also posted about this in my blog too. I am sure this will help a lot of bloggersShiva recently posted..Monthly Traffic Report For November 2010

Holy cow – good catch! I use Google Reader, so no problem for me, but I looked through some of the recent posts on FB and I see what you’re saying. Don’t you think people should have been noticing that the links weren’t showing up in their webmaster tools? Do you guys regularly check your webmaster tools for new links? I know they don’t show up right away, but if you aren’t getting new links 3 or 4 months after you’ve been linkbuilding, something is wrong.TJ McDowell recently posted..Photography As A Career – Interview Response

You are very welcome Lisa. I myself am new to the whole thing, but thankfully there are a lot of good resources out there that can help you learn everything you need to learn. Good luck.satrap recently posted..How to Increase the Money Value of Your Website

You are welcome.
FYI, Your link still points to feedburner. Have you not changed the setting yet? Because I knwo you left this comment yesterday, so if you had it set yesterday, it would have been fixed by now.

By the way, if the guide isn’t really clear for you (or anyone else for that matter) and you don’t know how to fix it, contact me through my blog’s contact page and I will be happy to fix the feedburner setting for you. It only takes a few seconds.satrap recently posted..53 Ways to Make Money Online

Mani, Estava, Isabel, Teresa, wasim, Sheila, Phil, Kevin, Rahul and rest of you guys, you are very welcome. Glad it was a helpful post, though the credit should go to Joella (who sadly has to sell her BlogsWithWings blog to focus on her other blog) who raised the flag for me. Thank you all for leaving your comments.satrap recently posted..53 Ways to Make Money Online

I just checked my commentluv link and sure enough it was the feedburner link. Changed the settings so hope to see some improvement shortly, always wondered why I wasn’t getting any backlinks. Thanks for the post and easy to follow guide.Maria Muir recently posted..I’m In Your Blog Leaving Rude Comments

You ARE actually getting the back link since Feedburner uses a 301 redirect back to your site – but obviously it’s not as good as going straight to your site, not through feedburner. But, some backlink (or link juice, whatever people call it), still flows.

Sometime ago I read about that issue and although I was pretty sure that I shouldn’t have any problems, it turned out the other way around. After giving a more closer look on some blogs I was commenting on, I discovered that from some I was getting a backlink, while others were pointing to some Google’s site. The strange thing was that after checking my Feedburner options, everything was fine there. The ‘Item Link Clicks’ was unchecked. After an hour or two everything got back to normal. LOL!Daniel Sharkov recently posted..More Comments and 6 Effective Techniques to Get Them

You are welcome Andy. I and the rest of the blogging community owe it all to you and your creativity that lets you came up with this awesome plug-in called commentluv. By the way Andy, whoever namd this plug-in was a genies, the name fits the plug-in so well. Thanks.satrap recently posted..How to Increase the Money Value of Your Website